Ciara Anna Gamboa Sotto ( , born July 2, 1980) is a Filipino actress, singer and host.

Personal life

She is the youngest daughter of actress Helen Gamboa-Sotto and actor and

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Vicente Sotto III Vicente Castelo Sotto, III (; born August 24, 1948), is a Filipino politician and television personality who is a senator-elect of the Philippines. He is the longest-serving senator in the history of the upper chamber, being the only one ele ...

. She is a first cousin of

Sharon Cuneta Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan (born January 6, 1966) is a Filipino actress, singer, and television personality. Prolific in multiple fields of entertainment, she is known for playing dramatic and comedic leading roles in film and television. ...

(their mothers are sisters) and an aunt to

KC Concepcion Maria Kristina Cassandra "KC" Cuneta Concepcion (; born April 7, 1985) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, entrepreneur, socialite, and humanitarian. She has starred in films '' For The First Time'' (2008) and ''When I Met U'' (2 ...

. She is also cousins with

Oyo Boy Sotto Vittorio Mari Bonnevie Sotto (; born January 12, 1984), known professionally as Oyo Boy Sotto, is a Filipino actor. He is the son of Filipino actor-comedian-host Vic Sotto and Swiss-Filipino singer-actress Dina Bonnevie, nephew of former Senat ...

, as well as

Pasig Pasig, officially the City of Pasig (), is a highly-urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people. It is located along the eastern border of Metro Mani ...

Mayor

Vico Sotto Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" Nubla Sotto (; born June 17, 1989) is a Filipino politician who has served as the 12th mayor of Pasig since 2019. He previously served as a member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Pasig City Council for the first district ...

. In 2010, Sotto married businessman Jojo Oconer, with whom she has a son. Their marriage was annulled in 2019, after which she briefly dated for 2 years but has since remained single.

Career

At age six, Sotto made her first appearance on the noontime variety show ''

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''. She began her television career in ''

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'' before becoming a recurring co-host on ''Eat Bulaga!''. As a teenager, she regularly performed on the show with her cousin Danica Sotto and Jocas de Leon; they were dubbed the "Ang TVJ (Tito, Vic, and Joey) Kids." During her stint, she was paired with co-host

Paolo Ballesteros Paolo Elito Macapagal Ballesteros IV (born November 29, 1982) is a Filipino actor, comedian and drag queen. He has appeared in films and several TV shows, he is one of the co-hosts of longtime noontime show ''Eat Bulaga!'' since 2001, and he i ...

as the "CiaPao" tandem. She later appeared in several television programs aired by

GMA Network GMA Network (an acronym of its legal name, Global Media Arts and commonly known as GMA) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine commercial broadcast network, serving as the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network (company), ...

. In 2008, Sotto launched her album entitled ''If You Love Me''. She said that she was involved in different aspects of the album's production. The album contains songs written by her father, Tito, with her uncle,

Vic Sotto Marvic Valentin "Vic" Castelo Sotto (born April 28, 1954), popularly known as Bossing, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and television personality. Prolific in film and television in the Philippines since the 1970s, he is known for playing comed ...

along with

Joey de Leon Jose Maria Ramos de Leon Jr. (born October 14, 1946), professionally known as Joey de Leon and also known as Henyo Master, is a Filipino comedian, actor, television host and songwriter. He is one of the members of the comedy trio, collectively ...

doing the back-up vocals of one song. It was Sotto's second album and it is produced and was distributed by Sony BMG Music.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Show website
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Ciara Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She was discovered by record producer Jazze Pha in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence with her debut studio album, ''Goodies ...

21st-century Filipino singers 21st-century Filipino women singers Actresses from Makati